Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-23
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

hundred and twenty-four large sweet
potatoes, which were grown on sim
gle vine. They completely fill bar
rel.
| Grows distribute many tree seeds,
such as acorns and nuts, by plucking
them and carrying them away, drop
ping them again at some distance from
the place of starting.
! 1t Is related that Chicago woman
who has had three husbands, all of
whom she has ''disembarrassed'' her.
self of. is writing n book on How to
Make Home Happy. y Chicago Times.
AT the beginning of every dramatic
season, the newspapers say that the
minstrel show is dead. Yes, the min.
strel show is dead, but the people
never grow tired of sitting up with the
corpse.
In Chesterfield County, Va, re-
Gently colored candidate for Office
was defeated because he wore a white
shirt. 1t was the only immaculate rag
of that kind in the district, but it was
too much for his fellow citizens. and
they scratched" Cleveland
Leader.
At the present day the aristocracy
of dogs is as well defined as the aris-
tocracy of their masters, and dog brain
is not SO dull as to be cbliviOus to the
great distinction made in their favor;
the noted pet dog of Paris knows its
rank, and looks down on plebeian
churls accordingly.
DR.. Junker, the Russian explorer,
H. I. 4
received letters from Emin Bey dated
last November. In those, Emin Bey
said the routes between Uganda and
Wadeli were open. Dr. Junker thinks
that the success of Stanley's relief ex-
petition is, barring accidents. assured.
"A woman in Cuthbert, Ga, is the
mother of eight living children, the
oldest fourteen years and the youngest
six months of a5e. All her children
are blessed with perfect eyesight, and
yet neither the oldest nor the youngest
ever saw its father, while all the others
have seen their father.-Sa71 Francisco
Chronicle.
"A German man of science has
taken four heads of hair of equal weight,
and then proceeded to count the in
dividual hairs. One was of the red
variety, and it was found to contain
80, 900 hairs Next comes the black,
with 163, 900 hairs to its credit. The
brown had 109, 900 and the blonde 14O,-
000.-BoStOn Budget.
Alexander E. Tucker, writing to
Engineering, says that he has success
fully edged growing tools for chill
rolls by dipping the actual cutting por-
ton in mercury. No more of the steel
than is actually necessary should be
dipped, as, while imparting extreme
hardness, it naturally makes the body
of the tool extremely brittle.-BOSton
Budget.
"A peculiar will has been filed in
the registrars Office ut Pittsburgh by
Mrs. Martha Matthews, daughter of
the decedent, which reads rs fOllowsi
PITTSBURGH, May 6. 1887.
Martha Matthews, my mother, authorized me |
to collect her money for funeral expenses; bal |
Rnce for me. Her will. her
ELLEN II GILLESPIE.
mark.
witnesses MARrHA G GEIER:
. Iron says that if n continuous tele- |
gram wire were strung from New York |
to San Francisco, and a rainstorm |
should be in progress along the entire
route, the shrinkage caused in the wire
by the rain would amount to one hun
dred and twenty miles, and for smaller
distances the proportion would be the !
same. 1.-The above shows" says Iron,
THAT underground telegraphs have be-
come a necessity.
The revived discussions as to the
combinations of ink and paper least
trying to the eyes of readers has, in
this country, brought into public no
tice newspapers printed with black ink
on red and green paper. A German
printer, of Arnheim, on the other hand, |.
enthusiastically advocates the use of
blue ink on green paper as the least
hurtful tints for the eyes to dwell upon.
Public Opinion.
The variable star Algol is so infin-
itely distant from the earth that it takes
thirty years for its light to reach us.
So we see it as was thirty years ago,
not as it is to-day. When one of its
dissertations occurs, therefore, the one
that is visible to US occurred Il genera
ton ago, and about four thousand such
dissertations have taken place, and
started on their way hither since the
one we see happened.-M Y. Examiner
Admiral Farragut's flagship, the
Hartford. is the only one of the old
naval hulks at Mare Island Navy Yard
which has not been condemned. The
sloops Lackawanna, Shenandoah,
Wachusett and Cyane have been or
dered sold. The Lackawanna was in
the bombardment of Mobile, and while
ramming the rebel ship Tennessee tor
off about twenty-five feet of the side OF
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